To sum up my thoughts after watching the culmination of nine years of storytelling: ''Oh no.''
I guess the signs had been there all along. The show had been losing it's way. The ancient prophesies and visions of fans that had begun as long ago as during season 5 had come to pass. The fan theories about Benioff and Weiss becoming the ''mad writers'' had finally been proven correct. And it all began with their attack on George R.R. Martin and his army of fans. After a previous assault by the show's writers on the book reading faithful, they chose to swoop in once more and deliver their final piece de resistance and final attack. George R.R. Martin watched on in horror from afar, unable to stop the wanton massacre of the spirit and masterful storytelling of his creation...

yes, that was about it really, and I'm fed up of talking about it. An episode that was supposed to be the spectacular reward to years of promise and satisfying ending to the stories of many of the show's main character arcs was anything but. Not only was the writing generally shoddy, it was amateurish. The only good thing I can say about this episode is that the effects and soundtrack were absolutely top notch. A shame not everything else was. What a disappointment. 4/10